Russia Since 1801: The Making of a New Society

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Preface Introduction Russia in the First Part of the 19th Century The Reform & Dilemma of Autocracy 1955-1891 On the Brink of Catastrophe 1891-1914 Seven Years of War, Revolution & Civil Disorder 1914-21 The Twenties: A Period of Transition The Forging of a New Society Suggestions for Further Reading Index Preface Contents Introduction: The Historical Background of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Russia Muscovite and Eighteenth-Century Russia The Borderlands and National Minorities Part One. Russia in the First Part of the Nineteenth Century 1 Preemancipation Russian Society Social Classes in Early Nineteenth-Century Russia Education, Science, and Scholarship 2 Administrative and Social Reform, 1801-1812 The Enlightenment Background Alexander I 3 Foreign Policy, 1801-1822 Russia and Europe, 1801-1807 The Borderlands and Eastern Questions, 1801-1813 1812 4 Reform, Reaction, and Revolution, 1815-1825 Arakcheevism and Other Restrictive Tendencies 5 Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality, 1825-1848 Peasant Reforms Nicholas I and the Borderlands Question 6 Intellectual Russia Versus Imperial St. Petersburg, 1825-1855 7 Russian Foreign Policy, 1822-1855 Part Two. The Reform and Dilemma of Autocracy, 1855-1891 8 The Great Reforms 9 Russian Economy, Society, and Culture from the Crimean War to the 1890’s 10 Revolutionists, Liberals, and Officials, 1861-1878 11 Foreign Policy, 1856-1887 12 The Crisis and Reaffirmation of Autocracy, 1878-1891 Part Three. On The Brink of Catastrophe, 1891-1914 13 Russian Economy, Society, and Culture, 1891-1914 14 Autocracy and Its Opponents, 1891-1904 15 Foreign Policy, 1887-1907 16 The Revolution of 1905 and the Duma Monarchy on the Eve of World War I Part Four. Seven Years of War, Revolution, and Civil Disorder, 1914-1921 17 Russia and the First World War 18 1917 19 The Civil War and Consolidation of Communist Power Part Five. The Twenties A Period of Transition 20 The Soviet Economy, Society, and Culture During the Twenties 21 Lenin’s Heritage, 1921-1928 Part Six. The Forging of a New Society 22 Soviet Economy, Society, and Culture Since 1928 23 Stalin's Dictatorship, 1928-1941 24 War, Diplomacy, and Reconstruction, 1941-1953 25 The Soviet Union Since Stalin Suggestions for Further Reading Index